Chandigarh, Jan. 9 -- The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) on Thursday directed state's two power distribution companies, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) to reduce aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses at all costs. Technical loss of electricity refers to the total energy lost due to infrastructure issues like transformer or line disturbances, while losses on account of metre damage, theft or bill collection inefficiency come under commercial loss. UHBVN's AT&C losses in 2024-25 are 9.33% while that of DHBVN are 10.26 %. During a public hearing on the annual revenue requirement (ARR) petitions filed by UHBVN and DHBVN, the Commission advised power utilities to ensure that loans raised by them were at lower interest rates to achieve financial savings. htc...